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Trajectories of quality of life in patients with traumatic limb injury: a 2-year follow-up study

, 2017
Purpose Traumatic limb injury (TLI) can have a negative impact on a patient's quality of life (QOL), and the patient's QOL may fluctuate over time. However, the longitudinal change patterns of QOL in patients with TLI are largely unknown. The aim of this
Lin, Gong-Hong; Huang, Yi-Jing; Huang, Chien-Yu; Lu, Wen-Shian; Chen, Sheng-Shiung; Hou, Wen-Hsuan; Hsieh, Ching-Lin
core   +1 more source

Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap, Becca B. R. Jablonski, John Bovay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

La mobilità intelligente: miglioramento del well-being e salvaguardia dell’ecosistema

European Journal of Volunteering and Community-Based Projects
Purpose: The article aims to investigate the actors who generate ecosystem value, the stakeholders who capture it, the concept of value generated/captured, focusing on the field of Smart Mobility (SM).
Helena Biancuzzi, Francesca Dal Mas, Maurizio Massaro, Carlo Bagnoli   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Influence of the Adsorbents Used on Changes in the Quality Parameters of Pumpkin Seed Oil as a Result of a Single-Stage Refining Process

Molecules
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of low- and high-temperature bleaching processes on the quality parameters of pumpkin seed oil. The research focused on optimizing the process to improve the oil’s physicochemical properties while reducing losses ...
Kamil Czwartkowski, Edyta Nizio, Damian Marcinkowski, Dominik Kmiecik, Anna Grygier, Aleksander Siger, Wojciech Golimowski   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of the Extraction Method on the Content of Bioactive Compounds and the Biological Activity of Nigella sativa Extracts

Molecules
Ensuring food safety and consumer health are crucial elements of sustainable food safety management, requiring the use of substances that inhibit the growth of undesirable microorganisms at various stages of production.
Romuald Gwiazdowski, Krzysztof Juś, Krzysztof Kubiak, Róża Biegańska-Marecik, Agnieszka Waśkiewicz, Daniela Gwiazdowska   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Los pequeños distribuidores minoristas y su aporte en la realización de Negocios Inclusivos en Colombia

Revue Interventions Économiques, 2014
The Inclusive Business, approach from the study and argumentation in business strategy, are business initiatives that incorporate into the value chain of a company, to low-income communities, seeking to improve their quality of life.
Juan Carlos Sanclemente Téllez
doaj   +1 more source

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source